Input validation error in cURL - CVE-2016-8625

 

Input validation error in cURL - CVE-2016-8625

Published: August 1, 2018 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33014
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8625
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong host.


Affected software

cURL
Arch Linux
Slackware Linux
curl (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2016-8625

Install update from vendor's website.

cURL - update to 7.51.0
curl (Alpine package) - update to 7.51.0-r0

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